AP WORLD HISTORY Flashcards
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| 14690091981 | Patriarchy/Matriarchy | Men having more authority than women Women having more authority than men | 0 | |
| 14690091983 | Patriarch | male head of family | 1 | |
| 14690091984 | Mahabharata | the longest single poem in the world, about a war fought between two branches of the same family. One of India's greatest epics written between 1000 and 700 BC | 2 | |
| 14690091985 | Ramayana | one of two classical Hindu epics telling of the banishment of Rama from his kingdom and the abduction of his wife by a demon and Rama's restoration to the throne | 3 | |
| 14690091986 | Aryans | nomads from Europe and Asia who migrated to India and finally settled; vedas from this time suggest beginning of caste system | 4 | |
| 14690091987 | Brahmins | priests | 5 | |
| 14690091988 | Kshatriyas | The warrior and aristocrat varna of the caste system | 6 | |
| 14690091989 | Vaishyas | The artisan and merchant varna of the caste system | 7 | |
| 14690091990 | Shudras | The landless peasants and serfs of the caste system | 8 | |
| 14690091991 | Caste System | A Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life | 9 | |
| 14690091992 | Guild | A medieval organization of crafts workers or trades people | 10 | |
| 14690091993 | Jati | sub castes; were groups of people within each caste that worked together for one economic function | 11 | |
| 14690091994 | Jainism | a religion founded in India in the sixth century BC, whose members believe that everything in the universe has a soul and therefore shouldn't be harmed. Mahavira founded this religion. | 12 | |
| 14690091995 | Mahavira | Founder of Jainism | 13 | |
| 14690091996 | Jains | Followers of Jainism | 14 | |
| 14690091997 | Ahimsa | nonviolence | 15 | |
| 14690091998 | Siddhartha Gautama | Founder of Buddhism | 16 | |
| 14690091982 | Banarias | 17 | ||
| 14690091999 | Four Noble Truths | as taught by the Buddha, the four basic beliefs that form the foundation of Buddhism | 18 | |
| 14690092000 | Nirvana | a condition of great peace or happiness | 19 | |
| 14690092001 | Dharma | the teachings of the Buddha | 20 | |
| 14690092002 | Stupas | Buddhist shrines | 21 | |
| 14690092003 | Ashoka | Leader of the Mauryan dynasty of India who conquered most of India but eventually gave up violence and converted to Buddhism. | 22 | |
| 14690092004 | Mahayana Buddhism | Also known as popular Buddhism, is allows people more ways to reach enlightenment and boddhisatvas can help you reach enlightenment. | 23 | |
| 14690092005 | Vishnu | the preserver | 24 | |
| 14690092006 | Bhagavad Gita | The most important work of Indian sacred literature, a dialogue between the great warrior Arjuna and the god Krishna on duty and the fate of the spirit. | 25 | |
| 14690092007 | Artha | material success | 26 | |
| 14690092008 | Kama | pleasure | 27 | |
| 14690092009 | Moksha | Becoming liberated for the cycle of reincarnation in Hinduism. | 28 |